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President's daughter a member of the Class of 2003

 
President Tilghman and her daughter, Rebecca.
 		  
At commencement exercises on June 3, President Tilghman conferred a bachelor of arts degree upon her daughter, Rebecca. While she is not the first Princeton president to have the pleasure of seeing her offspring graduate, she is the first president to award a University degree to her daughter.

Other presidents have conferred degrees on their sons, including:

• Samuel Finley (1761-1766) on his son, Samuel Jr. in 1765.

• John Witherspoon (1768-1794) on his sons, John Jr. in 1773 and David in 1774.

• Samuel Smith (1795-1812), who married President Witherspoon's eldest daughter, Ann, on their son, John Witherspoon Smith in 1795.

• James McCosh (1868-1888) on his son, Andrew James McCosh in 1877.

• Francis Patton (1888-1902) on his sons, George Stevenson in 1891; Francis Landey Jr. in 1893; Robert Hunter in 1896; and John MacMillan Stevenson in 1898.

Source: Mudd Manuscript Library

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June 16, 2003
Vol. 92, No. 29
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Contents

Sections
•Summer calendar

Commencement 2003
•Tilghman counsels graduates to have courage to take action
•Four faculty members recognized for their outstanding teaching
•Commencement highlights on Web
•Commencement snapshots
•By the numbers

Inside
•Engineering school in good hands with Klawe
•Technology center and Muldoon create online poetry initiative
•New collection documents travels with President Woodrow Wilson
•Tuition grant increased
•University picnic

People
•Bialek, Johnson named to endowed professorships
•New faculty members appointed
•Board approves 22 promotions
•Faculty resignations
•Three faculty members transfer to emeritus status
•Professor had eclectic mix of interests
•People, spotlight, briefs, retirements, obituaries

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